Plug-In Electric Car Sales For 2015 Fall Slightly From 2014

John Voelcker 780 views Jan 19, 2016 Follow John Add to circle 2015 Tesla Model S P85D - 'Chiseled by man and nature' [photo: George Parrott] Enlarge Photo The U.S. new-vehicle market set a new record last year, with deliveries of new passenger cars and light trucks totaling 17.39 million. The previous record of 17.35 million was set in 2000. But battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles saw their totals fall slightly, from about 120,000 in 2014 to roughly 115,000 last year. DON'T MISS: Plug-In Electric Car Sales Continue Rise In 2014, To 118,500 (Jan 2015) As always, the numbers are somewhat approximate, given the handful of automakers who refuse to say how many plug-in vehicles they delivered in the U.S. That number includes Tesla Motors, which gives only global deliveries by quarter. It also includes sales data for the Fiat 500e compliance car and the limited-distrib...